The Boxmaker's Revenge: 'Orthodoxy, ' 'Heterodoxy, ' and the Politics of the Parish in Early Stuart London

by Peter Lake

Book Overview

By narrating a protracted and frequently bizarre altercation between a London minister and a member of his flock, this book provides a vivid picture of puritanism at the parish level in early Stuart England.

On February 11, 1627, Stephen Denison preached a sermon that violently denounced an erstwhile boxmaker, John Etherington, as a heretic, a sect master, and an Anabaptist. The accused stood before Denison and then was returned to prison,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080474128X
• ISBN13: 9780804741286
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"